Bullheaded, crossbeam-chomping persistence: fourteen years, nine full lengths, many singles and EPÃ­s, innumerable tours, wild fluctuations in the public appetite for their work. ThatÃ­s not to demand that Silkworm be called forward for some sort of alt-culture valor award-- their concentrated, seemingly effortless forces arises from dogged pursuit of certain values that most current bands either donÃ­t care about or fudge in the studio environment, namely: tightness, heaviness, instrumental command.